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A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named `Allvglove`,
characterized by its upright plant habit; freely flowering habit; dense
inflorescences with numerous purple violet-colored flowers; early
flowering habit and long flowering period; and suitability as a garden or
container plant.

Inventors:

van den HOOGEN; WILHELMUS T. J.; (CUIJK, NL)

Applicant:

Name

City

State

Country

Type

van den HOOGEN; WILHELMUS T. J.

CUIJK

NL

Assignee:

ALLPLANTS HOLDING B.V.CUIJKNL

Appl. No.:

14/998862

Filed:

February 23, 2016

Current U.S. Class:

PLT/251

Class at Publication:

PLT/251

International Class:

A01H 5/02 20060101 A01H005/02

Claims

1. A new and distinct Veronica plant named `Allvglove` as illustrated and
described.

[0003] The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Veronica plant, botanically known as Veronica longifolia.times.Veronica
spicata and hereinafter referred to by the name `Allvglove`.

[0004] The new Veronica plant is a product of a planned breeding program
conducted by the Inventor in Rijswijk, The Netherlands. The objective of
the breeding program is to create new compact and attractive Veronica
plants with good garden performance.

[0005] The new Veronica plant originated from a cross-pollination of
Veronica longifolia `Alllove`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,478,
as the female, or seed, parent with Veronica longifolia `Alllord`,
disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,294, as the male, or pollen, parent.
The new Veronica plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a
single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated
cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Rijswijk, The
Netherlands on Jun. 12, 2015.

[0006] Asexual reproduction of the new Veronica plant by vegetative
cuttings in a controlled environment in Rijswijk, The Netherlands, since
July, 2015 has shown that the unique features of this new Veronica plant
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] Plants of the new Veronica have not been observed under all
possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices.
The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental
conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any
variance in genotype.

[0008] The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are
determined to be the unique characteristics of `Allvglove`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Allvglove` as a new and
distinct Veronica plant: [0009] 1. Upright plant habit. [0010] 2.
Freely flowering habit. [0011] 3. Dense inflorescences with numerous
purple violet-colored flowers. [0012] 4. Long flowering period. [0013] 5.
Suitable as a garden or container plant.

[0014] Plants of the new Veronica differ primarily from plants of the
female parent, `Alllove`, in the following characteristics: [0015] 1.
Plants of the new Veronica and `Alllove` differ in flower color as plants
of `Alllove` have intense red purple-colored flowers. [0016] 2. Flowers
of plants of the new Veronica are more slender than flowers of `Alllove`.

[0017] Plants of the new Veronica differ primarily from plants of the male
parent, `Alllord`, in flower color as plants of `Alllord` have
blue-colored flowers.

[0018] Plants of the new Veronica can be compared to plants of Veronica
longifolia `Allsurprise`, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons
conducted in Rijswijk, The Netherlands, plants of the new Veronica differ
primarily from plants of `Allsurprise` in the following characteristics:
[0019] 1. Inflorescences of plants of the new Veronica are symmetrical
whereas inflorescences of `Allsurprise` are deformed. [0020] 2. Plants of
the new Veronica and `Allsurprise` differ in flower color as plants of
`Allsurprise` have dark blue-colored flowers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

[0021] The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the Veronica plant showing the colors as true as it is
reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type.
Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited
in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the
actual colors of the new Veronica plant. The photograph on the first
sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of
`Allvglove`. The photograph at the top of the second sheet is a close-up
view of typical inflorescences of `Allvglove`. The photograph at the
bottom of the second sheet is a close-up view of the upper surface of a
typical leaf of `Allvglove`.